English Explanatory Dictionary

Qarmatian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a religious group combining elements of the Ismaili Shi'i branch of Islam with Persian mysticism, founded by Hamdan Qarmat and centered in eastern Arabia, where they attempted to establish a utopian republic in 899 CE.

Word forms

Qarmatian Qarmatians Carmathian Karmathian Qarmathian

Etymology

From Arabic قَرْمَطِيّ (qarmaṭiyy, “one who writes in small letters”) + -ian.

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